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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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GROUP VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS
ISSUED BY HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
WITH RESPECT TO DC-I AND DC-II
PROSPECTUS DATED: MAY 1, 1997
SUPPLEMENT DATED: JANUARY 8, 1998
Effective January 1, 1998, Acacia Capital Corporation was renamed Calvert
Variable Series, Inc. and its Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced Portfolio
was renamed Calvert Social Balanced Portfolio. All references in the Prospectus
to the Acacia Capital Corporation and Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced
Portfolio should be changed to reflect the new name.
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